AN: Sorry, no Jun in this chapter.
Hn… some ppl have been wondering about the end of the story… heh heh… I mentioned that the end will be the end of the year when they graduate. Hn… as for events though… I hope that the chapters from here on are more um… eventful than the other chapters. Might I remind you guys and give you a heads up that this story is LONG. Lolz, I hope you guys don't get sick of me by then. T_T. Let's look on the bright side, I update regularly don't I? I'll be done in no time! Heh… heh…
To KaoruHimura66: Wow, Arlene is your mom's name?! O_O uh… sorry? Lolz, I hope I didn't offend you or anything; I can change the name if you really want me to. ^-^
To Windedlove: I'm glad to hear that it's not because you lost interest of my work. I would hate to lose a reader like yourself who has been there since the beginning!
Disclaimer: Digimon = not mine
Chapter XII – Revelations and Complications
Sora sat on the school steps with a thousand girls surrounding her, irritating her, and asking her a million questions. "How did he ask you out?" "Have you guys kissed?" were some of the more popular questions, though some preferred, "Why you?" "What do you have that I don't" "Did you blackmail Mattie?" Instant popularity had welcomed Sora. Every girl wanted to be her new best friend, and others wanted to be her.
The girl rubbed her temples as she felt a severe headache developing. She sighed in frustration and took in a deep breath, ready to tell the girls off. Before she could get out the first word, someone else approached.
"BACK OFF YOU SLUTS, LEAVE HER ALONE." A strong voice yelled as the owner pushed his way through the girls.
Sora sighed in relief at the sound of Tai's voice. She smiled weakly as his face emerged from the dispersing swarm of girls. "Thanks Tai."
"No problem, Sor." He grinned, "So when did you guys start dating?"
The girl glared at the bushy haired teen, "Shut up, Tai. You know it's a misunderstanding."
Taichi laughed, "I know, but it's fun to make fun of you guys." He paused, "Why don't you guys straighten things out?"
"Well… you see… I would, but… I don't know, Yamato didn't look like he was about to do anything so I thought maybe there wasn't any need for me to."
"Hm… alright." Grabbing her wrist lightly, he said, "Come on, Sor, let's go meet up with the guys," and led her away to where the others waited for them.
It was their lunch break and they had decided to eat outside, regardless of the decreasing temperature. Sora gave a weak smile at Yamato when their eyes met and then looked down at the ground once more.
Yamato frowned, "Hey Sora."
"Hey guys." She answered, looking up but not quite looking at Yamato.
"Guess where I found her." Tai said.
"Where?" Jeff queried.
"Surrounded by Yam's fans."
Aki looked up from where he sat, reading a thick book, "Really? No wonder it was so quiet here."
"I guess the rumor's doing some good, right Yamato?" Jeff said. The rumor was most possibly the biggest thing in the school at the moment, and it spread like the black plague. Two periods later, almost everyone in the school had heard of Yamato's new status and learned of this Sora girl. Many just wanted to see how the girl that was finally able to capture Yamato's heart looked like.
The blonde simply gave a nod. Maybe it wasn't such a good thing that the rumor got started, the fans were annoying Sora now, instead of himself. If he knew this was going to happen, Yamato would have gladly kept the fan girls around.
"I think I'll go to the library." Sora announced softly.
"I'll go with you, to keep the girls away, you know." Tai offered.
Sora shook her head, "I'll be fine. They're not abusing me, or anything, just making me tired, that's all."
"Alright."
Half an hour later…
Yamato stood on the roof of the school with Tai. The chocolate haired boy had pulled aside Yamato to talk with him.
"Yo Yam, what're you going to do about this?"
There was a long pause before he finally answered, "I'm not sure."
"Do you want to do anything about it?"
Yamato looked down at the people below, "…not really."
Tai grinned madly, "I think I know why."
The blonde shot the boy a dangerous glare. "Don't say it-"
"You like her!"
"No!"
"Yes!"
"NO!"
"YES!"
"No… I can't possibly."
Taichi walked over next to Yamato and gave him a slap on the back, "Yamato my friend, you've got it bad. Man, I can see it in the way you look at her, you don't usually call up girls just to talk, you usually call us up when you're bored, and you've never offered to drive a girl anywhere."
"I could just be being nice."
"Don't give me that bull shit."
Yamato grew frustrated, "Fine! I like her! I'm mad about her! I think about her constantly! I care for her…"
The brown headed one gloated, "I knew it. It's no use hiding it from me."
"Tai…"
"What?"
"Is it okay?" Yamato asked.
Tai stared at the blonde for a second before answering, "It's fine."
"But you-"
"I've always like Sora. Kind of why I never got a girlfriend here, I was always waiting for her, or some other girl that could match up to Sora. But I know that she doesn't see me like that or anything. Funny, I never thought anyone could tell."
"You can't hide anything from me." Yamato laughed.
"Go for it, Man."
The handsome singer shook his head, "She doesn't like me. Did you see how upset she was about the whole rumor thing? Imagine if it were real, it'd be worse. Does it really bother her that much if people think I'm dating her?"
"Nah, I know Sora, she just doesn't like getting attention." Tai paused before an idea formed in his mind. "Why don't you ask her to the Halloween dance next month?"
"The dance? That sounds pretty good actually."
Sora sat in room 331, the period right after lunch ended. She was seated by the window and made it clear that she did NOT want to talk, by wearing her jacket that she had taken out of her locker for lunch, putting up the hood, looking out the window, and positively ignoring every girl that tried to even say hi. The table next to her was empty, waiting for a certain blonde singer.
She felt someone sit down in the chair, but didn't bother to turn around at whom it might be. It might be Jun again, coming to ask her for the thousandth time if the rumor was true, (to which Sora never answered), it could be another desperate girl trying to take advantage of her and become her new best friend, it could be another guy trying to ask her out, or it could be Yamato.
It was clear whom it was when Sora's hood was pulled down and a soft voice whispered into her ear, sending shivers down her back. "You shouldn't hide your pretty face."
Sora turned to look at Yamato and smiled brightly. Even though he was the cause for the rumors, the singer always made her feel better.
Yamato grinned, "It's good to see you smile again." He paused before adding, "Look Sora, we should talk…"
Her eyes widened, talking was always bad, but she found herself saying, "Yeah, sure."
"I know that you don't really like the rumor-"
"I'm fine with it."
"Really?"
"Yeah… sure…" Sora looked at her desk, suddenly finding the scratches carved into the wooden board extremely interesting.
"Sora… don't lie to me."
"I'm not. Just forget about it, I'll get used to it, really, I will." She said, adding another bright smile for reassurance.
Yamato gave her a small smile. "Alright, but really, you don't have to keep quiet, it's not like we're doing this purposely. You can tell anyone that we're not dating."
"Don't worry, Yama. I know."
The halls were filled with people while Sora tried to make her way to the fourth floor and her last class of the day. She entered the staircase, but was instantly pulled aside by a strong tug on her arm. Sora turned to whoever had caught her attention and faced a dangerously beautiful girl.
The girl's long golden hair flowed down her back in straightened strands and her aquamarine eyes shone brightly under the lights. Sora recognized her immediately as Kate, beauty queen of Ishida High. She swallowed nervously, "Yes, Kate?"
Kate glared at the girl she considered as her competition. Ever since Sora entered the school, she was all that the guys talked about. Her auburn silken strands that rested in luxurious waves and her captivating ruby eyes were most possibly a beauty queen's greatest fear, threat, and enemy. Her hold on Sora's arm tightened and she smirked when the girl winced. "Look Zora-" Kate began, purposely mispronouncing Sora's name to spite her.
"Sora."
"Right, listen, are you really dating Yamato?"
The girl's ruby eyes narrowed, "What is it to you?"
"Answer the question!"
"What if I am?"
Kate let go of Sora's arm, sneering cruelly as she did so. "Obviously you're not, or else you'd answer my question. Look girl, there's a school dance coming up, and it's only normal for Yamato and me to go together. I don't see why he'd waste his time on you."
Something inside of Sora stirred and an overwhelming desire to keep Yamato away from this girl took over her. "Well that's just too bad, since I am going out with him, and he's going to the dance with me."
Kate's aquamarine eyes widened with anger, "I don't know who you think you are, but obviously you're not good enough for him, so don't kid yourself and just do us all a favor and leave Yamato."
"I don't know who you think you are. You have no right to come to me and tell me what I should do. It's true, I'm probably not good enough for him, but I don't think you're any closer than I am." With that, Sora walked out of the staircase, leaving a fuming beauty queen.
The auburn haired girl sat in math class going over the events of the day in her head. It was a mistake to tell Kate that she and Yamato were going out and going to the dance together. Sora scolded herself; she just had to drag Yama further into the hole than he already was. Kate would find out soon enough that they weren't going to the dance together and Sora would lose her dignity, or what was left of it. There was just no possible way Yamato would want to go to the dance with her; the girl's head connected with the table with a loud bang, startling the pink haired girl beside her.
"Sora, you okay?" Mimi questioned. They had finished their lesson for the day and had five minutes to spare before the last bell of the day rang.
"I'm fine."
The energetic girl giggled, "I'll say, Yamato Ishida huh?!"
Sora gave a weak grin, "Er… yeah…"
"So how's it like, going out with the most popular guy in school and becoming his first girlfriend?" Mimi eagerly pressed on.
"It's…" Sora began to answer, pausing to choose her words carefully.
"Hey, Sora?" A voice said from the table behind her.
The ruby-eyed girl turned around to face Andrew, the handsome captain of the gymnastics team. "Uh, yeah Andrew?"
Andrew leaned in closer, running a hand through his jet-black spikes. "How would you like to go to the Halloween dance with me?"
Sora faltered at the question, but Mimi answered for her. "Excuse me, this is the girlfriend of Yamato Ishida, would she really go to the dance with you?"
The captain of the gymnastics team looked surprised, "Oh really, I kinda thought it might be just a rumor…"
"Of course not! They're perfect for each other!" Mimi continued.
Andrew looked at Sora for a long minute before answering, "I guess it would make sense if the hottest girl was Matt's girl."
"That's right!"
Sora smiled timidly at Mimi and Andrew hoping something would interrupt them. The bell chose that moment to ring, much to Sora's relief. She practically bolted out of the classroom, shouting goodbyes behind her and only calmed down when she was safely in the hall. She realized instantly that she wasn't going to get out of it that easily when much to her horror, she saw Yamato on the opposite side of the hall, pinned in place by a persistent Kate.
Temper rising, Sora stalked over to the two and was able to overhear part of their conversation.
"…the dance with me, Yamato-kun. We belong together." Kate said, running a finger down the blonde boy's chest and pressing herself dangerously closer.
Yamato winced under her touch, "Kate, I can't."
"Why, Yamato?" The beauty queen whispered, using a low seductive voice.
Sora's hands balled up into fists subconsciously. She decided it was time to make her presence known, "Excuse me, but he can't since he's already going to the dance with me," she paused before adding, "his girlfriend," just to spite Kate.
Yamato looked at Sora as if she was goddess, "Sora!" He immediately wrapped an arm around the auburn headed girl's slender waist and pulled her close to him. "That's right Kate, I'm sure you've heard, I'm taken."
The blonde girl glared at Sora. Kate had lost this battle, and turned on her heels, retreating down the hall.
Yamato turned to Sora, loosening his grip on her waist, but not letting go. "You are a goddess, Sora. Thank you so much."
The girl smiled, "It's fine, but now we're really deep in this…"
The singer smirked, "No matter, we should go to the dance together for real then."
Sora's eyes widened, "Dances aren't my thing…"
"You have to go… for me."
The girl's eyes met with Yamato's sapphire ones and something in them compelled her to agree. "Fine, but I don't really want to keep up this charade."
"Who said this was a charade? I was going to ask you to the dance anyway." Yamato said quickly before he let go of Sora and ran down the hall towards his locker. He turned at the end of the hall to grin at the girl and wave, and then disappeared around the corner.
"Yamato Ishida!" Sora called after him, but realized it was too late. She sighed and turned to walk towards her locker, keeping her head down to hide the uncontrollable wide grin on her face. Turning a corner, she accidentally walked straight into a tall figure. "I'm so sorry." Sora apologized, but stopped immediately when she saw who it was.
"Headmaster Ishida…"
AN: Woot! Another chapter up! Hm… the next chapter might be a bit shorter… but if it is, then the one after should come up faster! I have FINALLY gotten up to the part where things actually get a bit more active, lolz, it took so long, but it was fun writing it. From now on, hopefully, more events will happen. ^-^ Thanks for the great reviews; you guys are great!